MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- (Marketwired) -- Gridstore, the leader in software-defined storage (SDS) purpose-built for Windows Servers and Hyper-V today announced they will be showcasing their new 48TB 2U nodes at the upcoming Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, July 13-17 in Washington D.C. Delegates who visit booth 1329 will be able to learn more about how their innovative offering integrates seamlessly with Microsoft System Center and is a key component for enabling the Cloud Data Center.

Gridstore? is the leader in software-defined storage purpose-built for virtualization that is designed to accelerate applications in virtualized environments and a key component in enabling the Cloud Data Center. Using its patented Server-Side Virtual Controller? Technology (SVCT) to eliminate the I/O blender effect and accelerate applications Gridstore delivers vmOptimized? Storage that self-optimizes to each application or VM across both virtual and physical environments. The new nodes quadruple the capacity available on a per-node basis, and can expand to 250 total nodes with 12PB.

Leveraging a grid architecture, Gridstore delivers the first end-to-end storage QoS to ensure the performance of the most important Apps or VMs is never compromised. The storage grid, that uses Gridstore's performance optimized nodes or capacity optimized nodes, starts with as few as 3 nodes and then can grow one or more at a time to deliver a cost effective scale-as-you-grow solution. Headquartered in Mountain View, CA. its products and services are available through a global network of value-added resellers. For more information, please visit: http://www.gridstore.com